Malware tops list of PC threats
Malware (malicious software) continues to be the No 1 threat to personal computers, according to Security Intelligence Report version 8 (SIRv8), released by Microsoft Corp.
It showed that software worms accounted for 27.8% of all infected computer systems, followed by trojan software (16.6%), with miscellaneous other potentially dangerous software (including browser modifiers and remote-control programs) at 13.8%.
Jacqueline Peterson-Jarvis, Microsoft Asia-Pacific's regional security and privacy lead, said SIRv8 revealed that four out of every 1,000 computers scanned in Malaysia were infected by malware during the second half of last year.
